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Testimonials
“I commend CHEJ for its efforts to provide urgent support and technical assistance to people whose families and communities are faced with serious environmental problems. More than 10,000 local community groups have been assisted through the Center’s efforts—a remarkable and unparalleled record of achievement.”
- Al Gore
“CHEJ is the strongest environmental organization today—the one that is making the greatest impact on changing the way our society does business.”
- Ralph Nader
“The residents [here] will soon be able to turn on their faucets and drink cleaner water, and for the first time bathe in water that does not make them sick. Again, our thanks to all of you at CHEJ for your help! You are responsible for our victory!”
- Holiday, Florida
“Again, thank you for all that you do for us out here. I would have given up a long time ago if I had not connected with CHEJ!”
- Claremont, New Hampshire
“…CHEJ has been an extraordinary example to other groups by including all people, supporting environmental justice, empowering local groups to be able to handle their own local situations, and by remaining pure—not accepting funding from polluters or government agencies.”
- Austin, Texas
“ACE wishes to thank CHEJ for all your support and efforts during our five year struggle and recent victory in stopping the dangerous Pottstown Landfill gas pipeline proposal. This project threatened the health and safety of over 100,000 people. The community is breathing a sigh of relief.”
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania
“CHEJ has proven that it knows how to help people organize. CHEJ developed the model for thousands of local fights on local landfills and incinerators. CHEJ learned how to help people without piling staff and money all over. You know how to do all this in a way that empowers people, in a way that makes people believe that they can control their lives and their communities.”
- Knoxville, Tennessee
“We count on CHEJ’s expertise to ‘debunk’ bogus technologies, to teach us how to be sustainable organizations in the future, to demystify the highly technical information used to keep us from winning the battle for environmental justice, and to work to create sustainable communities throughout the nation.”
- Valparaiso, Indiana
“CHEJ has been a pioneer nationally in alerting parents to the environmental hazards that can affect the health of their children.”
- New York, New York
“Thank you for all you have done to educate all of us and to stand solidly for protection of the public and the environment. You have made a fantastic contribution to millions of people.”
- Benton, Kentucky
“Your organization was instrumental in helping us as we waged a battle against Waste Management. Through the 10+ years we had both successes and failures but kept strong. Info and support that flowed from your group helped give us a level playing field against the ‘big boys.’ Keep up the good work!”
- Carsonville, Michigan
“Special thanks to CHEJ for helping me and [my group] win a battle over land brokers trying to develop a huge landfill in this county. We would have lost everything we had and the county would have suffered untold damage if we hadn’t found you.”
- Metter, Georgia
“Thanks for encouraging us to ‘hang in there’ and keep fighting! We know that this is just the beginning of another phase of the challenge and we are geared up and ready to move forward. [Our group] continues to grow larger and stronger every day…thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and words of wisdom!”
- Preston, Minnesota
“As a result of the [BE SAFE Nuclear Weapons Day of Action] public education campaign, we won! …This is totally exciting and it wouldn’t have happened if the BE SAFE program hadn’t compelled us to action on this really important issue. Thank you guys again for everything that you do and for helping us secure this huge victory in New Mexico!”
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
“This experience has changed the conscience of our neighborhood and CHEJ has inspired us to continue working. This battle has been won, but we realize there are others still fighting, and so will we.”
- Uncasville, Connecticut
“I can’t tell you how valuable the materials that CHEJ provided have been to us. I learned so much from being a part of the various campaigns – great mentoring experience. Also, I have been able to glean a great deal from EBY and use the information effectively with our group. Better than that, documents/handouts created from that information are getting passed on to groups across the country fighting incinerators. We have been able to assist folks in keeping these nasty things out of their communities. Now that feels great!”
-Claremont, NH
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